BIO

Nadia Piet (she/her) is an independent researcher, designer, and organizer focussed on AI, technology, (digital) culture, creativity, and participatory practices. She is the founder & creative lead of AIxDESIGN (a global community and decentralized lab for critical AI since 2019), serves as faculty at ELISAVA’s MA in Design for Responsible AI, while working on a range of client and collaborative projects and self-initiated experiments that probe and sense-make how we shape technology and it shapes us in return. Nadia holds an MA in Data-Driven Design (cum laude), a BA in International Business Innovation, and a 200-hour Yoga Teacher certification. Her creative work has been featured in venues such as the Design Museum Den Bosch, DEMO Festival, Moving Arts Centre Amsterdam (MACA), and NEW INC. Nadia's multidiscplinary background includes publishing the AI meets Design toolkit, working as Head of Creative Technology at DEPT, researcher-in-residence at Sound & Vision, prototyping emerging technology demos with Bit, facilitating workshops with DECODED, teaching at various universities. Freelancing for over a decade across industries & continents, she has collaborated with organizations like WeTransfer, Sonar, NFF, EYE, Hyper Island, Mozilla, and the UN. When not immersed in work, you can find Nadia balancing on a yoga mat, cooking spicy dishes, redecorating her Animal Crossing island, or spotting nudibranches underwater.

NAMEDROPPING 📇

MEDIA

BNR News Radio | PublicSpaces | NFF | Adformatie | PAGE | The Hmm | Protein podcast | Dazed | Design Tech Report | Machine Ethics podcast | Sweathead podcast

Exhibitions

Design Museum Den Bosch | DEMO Festival | Moving Arts Centre Amsterdam (MACA) | Hackers & Designers | TBA21 | Film My Design Festival | Tetem | Roodkapje | FIBER Festival | United Nations

Clients + Collaborations

WeTransfer | NEW INC | The Hmm | ELISAVA | United Nations | AWWWARDS | DECODED | Sound & Vision | Hyper Island | Forbes | Council of Europe | Bit | Accenture Interactive | MOBGEN | DPG Media | Transavia / The School of Life | Nike | Impact Hub | Mozilla Festival | Pi Campus Rome

Speaking engagements

Sónar+D | PublicSpaces | NFF | EYE Conference | Mozilla Festival | NEW INC | Impact Hub | NXT Museum | Nieuwe Instituut | AI Summit NYC | Forbes | ELISAVA | Hyper Island | Hatch Conference | DECODED | Design Matters Copenhagen | UROBOROS | Umanesimo Artificiale | EQUALS | Pi Campus | World Usability Day Rome | MU Hybrid Art House | Innovating Society Romania